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lay

adjective as in amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession

verb as in put, place

verb as in produce, advance

verb as in credit, allocate

verb as in design, plan

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Weak match

verb as in make smooth

verb as in bet, wager

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noun as in a song or poem

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Example Sentences

Even as he lay gravely ill in hospital in recent days, Ken Reid was listening to the news on the radio.

From BBC

In a perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Peterson lays out the rationale behind this paradigm shift.

As JNF forestry workers began laying the groundwork for a new forest in August 2021, Israeli police helped clear the way by evicting people from their homes, which they then demolished.

From Salon

Shankly laid the foundations for Liverpool's future success, taking them from the second tier to win three English titles, two FA Cups and the Uefa Cup.

From BBC

Within minutes, the mother of seven and grandmother of 14 lay dying in the dust of the olive grove, with a bullet wound in her chest - she’d been shot by an Israeli soldier.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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